It seems that the newly returned (and showered up) Christina Aguilera is ready to make her bid for next Oscar season, if the trailer for her upcoming feature film...By Alexandra Cavallo | August 05, 2010

In this chapter, "The Drugs Don't Work," aging rock star Emerson Cutler and his manager, Jack Flynn, are seeking inspiration — and desperately trying to jumpstart his career. An excerpt from Bill Flanagan’s new novel, Evening’s Empire , the true story of a band that never existed By BILL FLANAGAN | February 05, 2010

What I love about the chorus to B's current smash single, "Single Ladies" ("If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it"), are its blurry pronouns — quick, what does "it" refer to? Columbia (2008) By DANIEL BROCKMAN | December 02, 2008

Annie is adept at balancing bratty tweener kiss-off ’tude with dance-friendly bliss — meaning that someone over 16 can listen to her music without wincing. Don’t Stop | Island By DANIEL BROCKMAN | September 16, 2008

I’d volunteered to spend the night in the replica cell (which is modeled on the ones at Gitmo) because we’ve all heard stories about unlivable conditions at Gitmo but can’t come close to imagining what it must be like. Staying in a replica cell, with no waterboarding included By JEFF INGLIS | June 11, 2008

When you dial the Disney Channel headquarters in Burbank and ask to be transferred, the operator will cheerily instruct you to have a “magical day.” Building the new Disney empire, one tween at a time By SHARON STEEL | August 15, 2007

In the literature of absurdity, torture is never far away. Looking for insights into Bush’s torture policy? Try limericks, rhinoceroses, and a pistol-packing midget bicyclist By JAMES PARKER | August 01, 2007

In honor of dancing dirty, as well as Patrick Swayze’s open-shirt-pelvic-thrusting summer camp fantasy, we offer this list of the dirtiest dancing music videos we could find. The 15 dirtiest dancing music videos By ELLEE DEAN | May 24, 2007

Could it be just a coincidence that as I sit here writing this, a grizzled Bob Seger is gearing up for the release of Face the Promise , the Detroit rocker’s first proper studio album in, oh, forever and a day? The Lemonheads, "No Backbone" (mp3) Oldies and more in the season’s CD releases By MATT ASHARE | September 14, 2006

What starts as a tribute to ‘Aretha and Miles’ ends as a far more loving tribute to Christina Aguilera’s first and greatest inspiration, Christina Aguilera. Christina Aguilera stripped down to basics By FRANKLIN SOULTS | September 06, 2006

Disney’s tweenpop smash is now the fastest selling TV movie on DVD, ever. Here’s five reasons not to hate the most disgusting show on television. A guide to surviving High School Musical By CARLY CARIOLI | June 02, 2006